Re: Maximum outgoing connections using Putty

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:05:01 +1200, Ray Greene wrote:

Can anyone tell me if there is a limit on the number of outgoing
connections that can be made using Putty?

Each TCP-connection needs an unique port-kombination. There are only
65535 TCP-ports, so Putty can not open more then 65535 connectons to the
same port on the server.
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